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A Borrisokane woman has raised over â¬4,500 for a local girl’s hospital treatment after collecting and counting people’s unused coins.
Ann Shanahan is asking people to continue donating any jars of small coins they have lying in the house or car to help Borrisokane’s Sophie Breen as part of the ‘Sophie’s Wish’ campaign.
Sophie is battling a form of Cerebral Palsy, and it’s hoped that â¬100,000 can be raised to fund a trip to the US for treatment in the coming months.
Ann believes there are huge amounts of small coins going unspent across the country: